ACE Conference 2024

ACE Conference 2024

ACE - Colony Educator Conference - “Making Connections”

6:00pm MDT

Registration & Check-In @ Grey Eagle Casino Grey Eagle Casino – Big Plume Room

7:00pm MDT

OPTIONAL: Thursday Night Mixer Grey Eagle Casino

7:30am MDT

Registration @ Calgary Christian School Calgary Christian School Secondary Campus

8:00am MDT

Breakfast Gymnasium

9:00am MDT

Opening Remarks Gymnasium

9:30am MDT

Radiant Leadership: Harnessing the Light Within GymnasiumChris Gonsalvez

10:30am MDT

Reflection & Morning Break Calgary Christian School Secondary Campus

10:45am MDT

Roots of the Hutterites Room 5Paul Hofer Collaboration Space Room 1 Daily Physical Education Strategies for Hutterite Colony School Classrooms Room 2Cara Bell • Christine Vokins Exploring a Reader-Response Strategy to English Language Arts Gr. 5-9 Room 4Rob vanSpronsen Story Ninjas Rock Room 3Sigmund Brouwer Starting the Session (German) GymnasiumJoseph Hofer • Peter Hofer • Martin Stahl

12:00pm MDT

Lunch Calgary Christian School Secondary Campus

1:00pm MDT

AI use for teachers (not tech for students) Room 5Miranda McLean Math Games that go well beyond the Basics Room 2Angela Arinze Meeting with Colony Principals and the Hutterite Education Committee Room 1Adelee Penner Mental Health and Capacity Building in the Colony Classroom Room 4Rhonda Halter The Elimination Contest Room 3Sigmund Brouwer Hutterite History (in German) GymnasiumJerry Walter

2:00pm MDT

Break Calgary Christian School Secondary Campus

2:30pm MDT

Collaboration Space Room 1Adelee Penner Creating Independence using "Notebooks" Room 5Erna Marburg Easy Ideas for Colony School Classrooms (EA Session) Room 2Theresa Christie • Janelle Hassett Enhancing Student Learning Through Math Manipulatives and Tools Room 3Cherri-Lynn Kohlman Preventing difficult behavior: 10 Big Things (K-12 Focus) Room 4Dana Kohlman German Reading and Writing GymnasiumRon Hofer • Andy Stahl

3:30pm MDT

Break and Transition to AGM for ATA Members Calgary Christian School Secondary Campus

3:45pm MDT

ACE AGM for ATA Members Room 1 Technology/Mental Health/ Q&A (German) GymnasiumJohn

8:00am MDT

Breakfast Calgary Christian School Secondary Campus

9:00am MDT

Welcome & Keynote Introduction Gymnasium

9:15am MDT

A Natural Relationship GymnasiumBrian Keating

10:30am MDT

Break Calgary Christian School Secondary Campus

10:45am MDT

Activating Thinking Routines in a Multi-grade Classroom Room 4Cheryl Babin Building Literacy Skills in K-3 Students (EA Session) Room 2Tess Brilling Small and Large Math Group Activities Room 5Nancy Schwager Teaching using Accountability Binders and Rotations Room 3Monique Tardif-Blakley The Power of Your Personal Narrative Room 1Sigmund Brouwer Child Well-Being/Grammar (German) GymnasiumHardy Entz • Nathan Entz

11:45am MDT

Lunch, Wrap-Up & Door Prizes Gymnasium